Weddings are such a great excuse to get away. This weekend we went to Edmonton and stayed with some friends of my husbands. On Saturday we went to Tofield and went to my cousins wedding. This is just 45 minutes outside of Edmonton. It was nice to see my family again; cousins, aunts, uncles and especially my grandparents. The only bad part and is that I never really got a chance to talk to most of them that much, but that is how weddings go.
On Sunday it was off to West Edmonton Mall. That was good, but unfortunately I was only able to shop at one store. We didn't have a lot of time, but the change room line up was long and then the pay line up was all the way to the door. It's one of my favourite stores, Hollister Co. I love it, but it's always so busy because I think it's the only one in Western Canada. Thankfully my husband had taken the kids to see the seal show and walk around the pirate ship and stuff. West Ed has so many cool things to see. It's great for shopping with kids.
My husband went out for coffee with the guys on Sunday night, which was so nice for him and just nice to be around old friends.
On Monday, of course, we did some more shopping; Ikea, HomeSense... For me it was nice to go to my old stores since we have nothing out here. We have a bunch of Walmarts and that is it. For the kids, it wasn't so great, but they did pretty good.
Well, to make the weekend really memorable, the kids had horrible nights. The first night our kids wouldn't go to sleep until late and there is no talking sense into a 1 year old and then the 2 year joins in. Then in the night from 2:30am -5:30am our kids and their boy were up off and on. It was really bad. My husband finally went in and slept with them, since I still have a cold and blowing my nose around them would not have helped. The next night was bad as well and my husband had to sleep with them again. And finally the last night everybody slept. Yeah!! It was amazing to have a good nights sleep. We were all so exhausted. So, last night we got home at midnight and the kids jabbered most of the way home, so hopefully they will sleep in a bit, although obviously I'm not. Maybe I should get off here and have a rest while I have the chance.
But all this to say. We had a great weekend and it was so nice to get away. I think getting away was just the best part of it.
2 comments:
glad you had the opportunity to do all of those things, and have some time away from the 'norm.'
hopefully you all get the catch-up rest that you need!
Sounds like a great trip. Always nice to get away and reappreciate the comforts of home and routine!
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